Chapter Summaries

Zhou Lin was cornered by Insectoid Alliance forces seeking the Qi Mirror Stone, but revealed his enormous divine body and overwhelming combat techniques to break their formation. After two High Venerables self-destructed, the survivors abandoned the pursuit, leaving Zhou Lin still in possession of the treasure.

• An Insectoid Alliance Universe Overlord and three High Venerables cornered Zhou Lin on Original Star No. 00173 and tried to force him to surrender the Qi Mirror Stone.
• Zhou Lin expanded his divine body, froze the surrounding area, and attacked the group with his Star Sea Eye and Black Holes.
• Zhou Lin’s causality-infused slash destroyed seventy-five percent of Venerable Yuqi’s divine body, forcing Yuqi to self-destruct.
• Zhou Lin rapidly attacked another High Venerable, who also self-destructed to avoid being enslaved.
• Venerable Yuandao and Venerable Lord You Tian decided to stop pursuing Zhou Lin because they could not restrain his speed and feared his strange abilities.

Zhou Lin was trapped on Original Star No. 03977 by Fortress Master Fannuo and then confronted by Lord Cixin, a Third Tier Universe Master seeking to force him into the Thorn Ring Alliance. As Lord Cixin’s ultimate attack threatened him, Zhou Lin began to grasp a way to use Causality to transfer damage, but his breakthrough remained uncertain.

• Zhou Lin encountered Fortress Master Fannuo and other Thorn Ring Alliance Universe Overlords, who pursued him while countering his Star Sea Eye and waiting for their Universe Master to arrive.
• Lord Cixin descended, restrained Zhou Lin with Spacetime Control and purple-gold Secret Runes, and demanded that he join the Thorn Ring Alliance.
• Lord Cixin attacked Zhou Lin with her ice blade, damaging his Divine Body despite his defenses, while Zhou Lin struggled to endure until City Master of Chaos arrived.
• After Lord Cixin threatened him with a Universe Master ultimate Secret Art, Zhou Lin considered breaking through and realized he might use Causality to transfer damage.
• Lord Cixin unleashed a blue-light strike, and Zhou Lin met it with his Destruction Blade and Dust Frost Sword before being sent flying.

After absorbing the Power of Faith and strengthening his Tai Hao, Zhou Lin turned the fight against the Thorn Ring Alliance, badly injuring Venerable Yuxiang while resisting Lord Cixin. Lord Cixin and Fortress Master Fannuo finally joined forces, but a sudden disruption of spacetime restraints interrupted their assault.

• Lord Cixin's Ultimate Secret Art injured Zhou Lin's True Body and avatar, but Causal Means divided the damage between them.
• Under pressure, Zhou Lin sensed and absorbed the Power of Faith, breaking through a bottleneck in his Tai Hao and greatly increasing his strength.
• Zhou Lin attacked Venerable Yuxiang, expanded his body across the distance, and slammed him into the desert, destroying thirty-three percent of his divine body.
• Lord Cixin's repeated attacks drove Zhou Lin back, while Venerable Yuxiang and the other Universe Overlords fled into Fortress Master Fannuo's flying fortress.
• After Fortress Master Fannuo urged Lord Cixin to cooperate, the two attacked Zhou Lin together, and he summoned the Starfield Flying Ship to stall them.
• The spacetime restraining Zhou Lin suddenly dispersed as pleasant sounds rang out.

After being captured by City Master of Chaos, Zhou Lin returned to the Initial Universe and decided to grow stronger before entering Qi God Palace. While gathering faith in the Luojin Universe Nation, he sensed a mortal's desperate plea and manifested on North Star just before Idomo was about to destroy it.

• City Master of Chaos suppressed Zhou Lin, took him to the Initial Universe, and discussed the Qi Mirror Stone and Zhou Lin's need to improve his strength.
• Zhou Lin decided to collect Power of Faith and later analyzed how absorbing it bound him to the Causality of those who believed in him.
• Zhou Lin followed a trembling Causal Thread to North Star, where Immortal Spirit Idomo prepared to kill everyone over an old grudge.
• As Idomo began charging an attack, Zhou Lin appeared on the street in an illusory form.

Zhou Lin answered Lan Yan’s call for help, destroyed Idomo, and saved Planet Norse. The descent transformed Zhou Lin’s understanding of Causality and strengthened him, and he began planning revenge against the Thorn Ring Alliance.

• Lan Yan summoned Zhou Lin’s World Projection and begged him to save Planet Norse from Idomo.
• Idomo threatened Zhou Lin and the planet’s inhabitants, so Zhou Lin disintegrated him and erased every trace of him.
• The people of Planet Norse thanked Zhou Lin, who warned them not to disrespect him before dispersing his projection.
• Zhou Lin’s Causal Threads became orderly after he mastered the Causal God Heart, and his strength rose to the level of a True God in the Heaven and Earth Realm.
• Zhou Lin told Zuo Ke to find the races under the Thorn Ring Alliance and records of their Immortal Spirits.

Zhou Lin used his Causal Means to kill the Thorn Ring Alliance’s Kings and Elementary Venerables, then met with Giant Axe Founder and City Master of Chaos to admit his actions. He declared that he would keep attacking the alliance until it disbanded, as a White-robed Figure arrived and asked how he had killed them.

• Zhou Lin reviewed Zuo Ke’s intelligence, spared the countless Ordinary Immortals, and chose the Thorn Ring Alliance’s Kings and Venerables as his targets.
• Zhou Lin killed more than a million King Immortals across the alliance, including Lord Cixin’s disciple Kashir, who died again whenever Lord Cixin revived him.
• Zhou Lin killed hundreds of Elementary Venerables, exhausting himself before sleeping for two days and strengthening his soul with the remaining power of the Myriad Flower True Fruits.
• City Master of Chaos summoned Zhou Lin to the Giant Axe Temple, where he and Giant Axe Founder asked whether Zhou Lin had caused the alliance’s deaths.
• Zhou Lin admitted that he had killed them and vowed to force the Thorn Ring Alliance to disband; a White-robed Figure then appeared and asked how he had done it.

Zhou Lin explained his Causal Means to Yuan Ancestor and discussed the laws Yuan Ancestor would pursue in the future. Yuan Ancestor then showed Zhou Lin the origin of the Virtual Universe, leaving him to examine how its origin enabled cultivation of all laws.

• Yuan Ancestor asked Zhou Lin how he had used Causal Means to kill the Kings, and Zhou Lin explained causality and his connection to the Thorn Ring Alliance.
• Yuan Ancestor said Zhou Lin’s explanation had inspired his cultivation, then offered to answer Zhou Lin’s questions.
• Zhou Lin asked to observe Yuan Ancestor’s Secret Art and told him that his future path was to fuse the Ten Great Laws into the Chaos Law.
• Yuan Ancestor agreed to display his Secret Art and teleported Zhou Lin to the origin of the Virtual Universe.
• Yuan Ancestor asked why cultivators could practice all laws in the Virtual Universe, and Zhou Lin considered how its origin drew on the Primordial Universe Origin.

Yuan Ancestor taught Zhou Lin Secret Arts, while the Human Race leaders authorized him to keep targeting the Thorn Ring Alliance. As the alliance struggled with repeated killings and revivals, Zhou Lin cultivated until he mastered the complete Law of Space, then prepared to break through to Universe Venerable; Lord Qingdong challenged his elevated authority in the Virtual Universe.

• Yuan Ancestor spent seven years explaining Secret Arts to Zhou Lin and sent him to meet Giant Axe and City Master of Chaos.
• Zhou Lin agreed to target the Thorn Ring Alliance first, and Giant Axe told him to consult the Human Race leaders before targeting other forces.
• Lord Cixin discovered that revived King Immortals had died again, and the Thorn Ring Alliance Universe Masters decided to resume revivals gradually without outside help.
• Zhou Lin cultivated in seclusion, received the Phantom Star Spear, and continued gaining Prestige Value through his company's expanding business and his reputation on North Star.
• Zhou Lin realized the Law of Space and the Space God Heart were related, overcame his bottleneck, and mastered the complete Law of Space.
• Zhou Lin returned to his Divine Kingdom to prepare for his Universe Venerable breakthrough as Lord Qingdong angrily questioned why Zhou Lin had authority comparable to the Universe Masters.

After breaking through to Universe Venerable, Zhou Lin’s Life Gene unexpectedly rose to Ten Thousand Times Gene, greatly increasing his strength. He realized his body had become so powerful that he still needed to learn how to control it fully.

• Lord Qingdong learned that Zhou Lin had gained a seat in the Giant Axe Temple, and City Master of Chaos told him that Yuan Ancestor and Giant Axe had approved it.
• During his breakthrough in his Divine Kingdom, Zhou Lin’s Bubble Clone and True Body both reached Ten Thousand Times Gene as his Divine Body was converted.
• Zhou Lin attributed the sudden genetic improvement to his Extreme Destruction Profound Body and sensed that the Primordial Universe Origin had fully converted his Divine Body.
• Zhou Lin estimated that his combined systems could make him comparable to a top Third Tier Universe Master, but decided that controlling his increased strength mattered more than developing Secret Arts.
• After enlarging his Divine Body to one Light Year tall, Zhou Lin struggled to move naturally and concluded that his body’s power had grown beyond what he had adapted to control.

Zhou Lin chose to enter the Qi God Palace himself, so Lord Bingfeng tested his strength in a spar. After Zhou Lin proved he could withstand Lord Bingfeng’s attacks and fight at the level of a top-tier Third Tier Universe Master, humanity’s Universe Masters accepted him as their nineteenth member and welcomed him into the Giant Axe Temple.

• Nearly ten thousand years after Zhou Lin killed the resurrected Kings of the Thorn Ring Alliance, Lord Bingfeng visited him and asked whether he would hand over the Qi Mirror Stone or enter the Qi God Palace himself.
• Zhou Lin said he planned to enter the Qi God Palace and claimed his strength was no weaker than Emperor Yan’s, prompting Lord Bingfeng to test him.
• Zhou Lin demonstrated Sword Light Like Silk, which formed a destructive Chaos Hole, and Lord Bingfeng needed his Ultimate Secret Art, Freeze, to dissolve it.
• Zhou Lin used the Destruction Blade and Dust Frost Sword to meet Lord Bingfeng’s attack and emerged unharmed, convincing Lord Bingfeng that he qualified to enter the Qi God Palace.
• The Universe Masters watching the broadcast recognized Zhou Lin’s strength, and Lord Qingdong acknowledged that Zhou Lin could enter the Giant Axe Temple.
• Zhou Lin and Lord Bingfeng arrived at the Giant Axe Temple, where the Universe Masters greeted Zhou Lin as humanity’s nineteenth Universe Master.

Zhou Lin discussed keeping his identity and strength hidden before telling Giant Axe that his Void Realm Company would become a new faction and seek permission to spread faith across Human Territory. After the meeting, Lord Ganwu quietly told a friend that Zhou Lin already possessed Universe Master strength and encouraged him to become Zhou Lin’s disciple.

• Zhou Lin declined to change his title and said he did not care if others discovered he was a Universe Venerable while entering Qi God Palace.
• Giant Axe asked Zhou Lin whether Void Realm Company would become a new faction, and Zhou Lin confirmed he needed territory to establish Temples and spread faith.
• Zhou Lin gave Giant Axe a Faith Stone, and Giant Axe found that absorbing it made his thoughts several times more agile.
• Zhou Lin explained that he needed to spread faith throughout Human Territory, and Giant Axe agreed to consider it after Zhou Lin returned from Qi God Palace, with negotiations and testing required.
• Lord Ganwu told a Universe Venerable friend that Zhou Lin already possessed Universe Master strength and urged him to become Zhou Lin’s disciple.

After becoming a Universe Master, Zhou Lin received new treasures, rewarded King Fengyan for her past support, and gathered two subordinates before returning to the Original Star. There, Venerable Mengyan recognized him, and Zhou Lin sensed a Supreme Treasure appearing as he encountered several Hong Alliance Venerables.

• The City Master of Chaos told Zhou Lin that the race would grant him a Top-level Treasure War Sword and personally gave him a Top-level Treasure Armor.
• Zhou Lin visited King Fengyan and offered her several treasures and a Divine General Inheritance, insisting she accept them as family.
• Zhou Lin exchanged the Star Sea Eye for the Myriad Wood Realm, then met with Venerable Beiming and Lord Ganwu and took them on as subordinates.
• Zhou Lin returned to the Original Star, where Venerable Mengyan recognized him and withdrew rather than compete with him.
• In the fourth month on the Original Star, Zhou Lin sensed a Supreme Treasure appearing and encountered several Venerables from the Hong Alliance camp.

Zhou Lin claimed a newly emerged Supreme Treasure on the Original Star, killing Venerable Ying Teng and driving off the other contenders. He gave the armor to Venerable Hei Wu, rewarded Venerable Qu Qiong with Ying Teng’s armor, and left Venerable Qijiao with an E9 Laser Gun as payback for snubbing him.

• Zhou Lin arrived at the Supreme Treasure site and declared that the Human Race would claim the armor.
• Venerable Ying Teng challenged Zhou Lin, who destroyed his Divine Body and killed him with a sword ray and a kick.
• The other Universe Venerables and Universe Overlords left after realizing Zhou Lin was a Top Universe Overlord.
• When the armor emerged, Zhou Lin gave it to Venerable Hei Wu and gave Venerable Qu Qiong the armor taken from Ying Teng.
• Zhou Lin handed Venerable Qijiao an E9 Laser Gun, forced him to thank him, and left while Qijiao stared gloomily into the void.

After more than two hundred years of searching, Zhou Lin arrived at Original Star 09377 and encountered a Qi Mirror Stone emerging from the sea. Emperor Yan arrived to claim it, and Zhou Lin provoked him before demonstrating enough strength to shatter his flame attack.

• Venerable Hei Wu and Venerable Qu Qiong left Venerable Qijiao after Zhou Lin's actions, and Venerable Qijiao vowed to wash away his humiliation once he became a Universe Master.
• More than two hundred years later, Zhou Lin arrived at Original Star 09377 as the Qi God Palace opening drew near, and he greeted Venerable Anzang of the Thorn Ring Alliance.
• A Qi Mirror Stone emerged from the sea, drawing the attention of Zhou Lin, Venerable Anzang, and the gathered Universe Venerables.
• Emperor Yan arrived with overwhelming Spacetime Control and forced the gathered Venerables and Overlords to retreat from the Qi Mirror Stone.
• Emperor Yan ordered Zhou Lin to withdraw, but Zhou Lin mocked him for backstabbing allies and then shattered his long-range tornado of flames with a sword strike.

Zhou Lin escaped Emperor Yan after mocking him, and the incident spread across the universe, drawing congratulations and concern about his rapid rise. As Qi God Palace neared its emergence, the other powerful races decided not to target him.

• Zhou Lin mocked Emperor Yan for fleeing Lord Bingfeng and calmly headed for a vortex passage while Emperor Yan tried to suppress him with flames, a domain, and Spacetime Control.
• Emperor Yan failed to stop Zhou Lin, then set aside his grudge and waited for the Qi Mirror Stone to emerge.
• News of the confrontation spread throughout the universe, and Lord Bingfeng praised Bei Chen while other Universe Masters discussed Zhou Lin's strength.
• Lord Jiying, Lord Nanhu, and Venerable Luojin congratulated Zhou Lin, whose Prestige Value rose without triggering an explosive reward.
• The Father God of the Mechanical Race, the Insectoid Empress, and the Demon Ancestors discussed Zhou Lin and chose not to interfere because of the Void True Demon God's warning.
• The Zhen Demon Race noted that Emperor Yan's Qi Mirror Stone meant Qi God Palace was about to emerge, with the Hong Alliance and Insectoid Alliance among the factions that had obtained one.

Zhou Lin entered Qi God Palace and defeated its first trial, a revived Gold Beast God, with his sword technique and Myriad Wood Realm. After days of flight, he reached a second trial where all eight Beast Gods revived together, leaving him unsure how difficult the later stages would become.

• Zhou Lin entered Qi God Palace through the passageway connected to his Qi Mirror Stone and flew through its long corridor.
• A revived Gold Beast God attacked Zhou Lin amid a powerful Golden Storm, presenting a trial at the strength of an initial Second Tier Universe Master.
• Zhou Lin used the Dust Frost Sword, Myriad Wood Realm, and Myriad Sword Domain to destroy the Gold Beast God and pass the trial.
• After flying through increasingly oppressive corridors for several days, Zhou Lin encountered the Gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, and light Beast Gods reviving together.
• Zhou Lin worried that the eight Beast Gods could pose a threat beyond his expected trial stages, but he continued forward knowing he could retreat if he could not defeat them.

Zhou Lin fought the Eight Beast Gods in Qi God Palace but could not break their flawless combined attacks, even after nearly a hundred years. Nearing exhaustion, he realized he needed a transformation in strength and remembered another source of power he had overlooked.

• Zhou Lin used his sword and domain to resist the Eight Beast Gods, whose combined attacks reached Fourth Tier strength.
• Zhou Lin drew the Destruction Blade and endured the Beast Gods’ attacks, including a galaxy of star-cloud energy that devastated the corridor.
• Zhou Lin continued battling the statues, but their mastery of the Ten Great Laws made their joint offense and defense nearly impossible to overcome.
• After nearly a hundred years, Zhou Lin recognized that he could not defeat the Eight Beast Gods through combat alone and considered creating a powerful Secret Art or becoming a Fourth Heaven Celestial God.
• Zhou Lin realized that his strength depended on another crucial aspect beyond his techniques, ultimate arts, Divine Body, and weapons.

Zhou Lin used his overwhelming will to defeat two Beast Gods, then crossed the Qi God Palace and reached a contest for a Peak Palace-type Supreme Treasure. There, he encountered Emperor Yan and fought him without either gaining the upper hand.

• Zhou Lin unleashed his will, stunning the Beast Gods, and destroyed the Thunder Beast God and Wood Beast God while the others recovered.
• Zhou Lin continued through the Qi God Palace, explored its empty valleys and pavilions, and studied murals depicting races from past Reincarnation Eras.
• Zhou Lin emerged onto a vast plain, where a Peak Palace-type Supreme Treasure appeared before moving beyond reach until the challengers determined a victor.
• Emperor Yan arrived and attacked Zhou Lin, who answered with a massive palm strike and a will impact before the two exchanged powerful blows.
• Emperor Yan offered Zhou Lin a High-Grade Palace-type Supreme Treasure to stop their fight, but Zhou Lin mocked the offer and continued battling him.

Zhou Lin thwarted Emperor Yan’s attempts to claim the Peak Palace-type Supreme Treasure and endured his attacks without injury. While Emperor Yan tried to trap him with Spacetime Control, Zhou Lin used the pressure to explore spacetime and made a discovery.

• Emperor Yan offered Zhou Lin treasures to leave, but Zhou Lin refused to let him have the Peak Palace-type Supreme Treasure.
• Emperor Yan burned his divine body and unleashed his Ultimate Secret Art, but Zhou Lin withstood the attack without taking damage.
• Emperor Yan stopped attacking and used Spacetime Control to pressure Zhou Lin, who sat down to cultivate and sensed battles in the other dimensions.
• Zhou Lin reflected on how spatial layers and timelines might combine into a Space-time Divine Heart, then manipulated the flow of time around himself.
• Zhou Lin let Emperor Yan’s Spacetime Control envelop him again and realized he had made a new discovery.

Zhou Lin comprehended the complete Extreme Point Divine Heart, reached the Fourth Heaven Celestial God realm, and transformed his Inner World. He then used his new understanding of balance and Causality to defeat Emperor Yan in Qi God Palace, while Emperor Yan vowed to reveal the battle recording.

• Zhou Lin failed to comprehend a fourth First-Grade Divine Heart despite spending fifty thousand years cultivating under the City Master of Chaos's guidance.
• Cangyun Artifact Spirit warned Zhou Lin that his extreme and chaotic Inner World lacked balance, and Zhou Lin realized that the Extreme Point Divine Heart was essential to correcting it.
• While fighting Emperor Yan, Zhou Lin understood how balance worked and comprehended the complete Extreme Point Divine Heart, causing his True Body and Avatar to break through to the Fourth Heaven Celestial God realm.
• Zhou Lin expanded and reshaped his Inner World with vast quantities of source crystals, creating an orderly world with diverse landscapes.
• Zhou Lin's Extreme Point Penetration and Causality attacks damaged Emperor Yan through his weapon and Tribulation Armor, forcing him to retreat into his Palace Treasure and forfeit the competition.
• Emperor Yan, furious at losing to a Universe Venerable, threatened to publish the battle recording and alert the Cosmic Sea to Zhou Lin's rise.